Moldova has few energy resources. To supply citizens, businesses and government with power, the country has to import oil, natural gas, coal and electricity. And Moldova has had to adjust to a dramatic...

WASHINGTON DC, July 3, 2012 — New data showing a two-billion cubic meter increase in flared gas in 2011 over the previous year is a warning that efforts to reduce flaring need to be sustained and even...

World Bank releases State and Trends of the Carbon Market report 2012 COLOGNE, GERMANY, May 30, 2012 – The total value of the carbon market grew by 11 percent in 2011, to $176 billion, and transaction...

Washington, April 16, 2012 — World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today congratulated Dr. Jim Yong Kim for being chosen to become the 12th president of the development institution and offered...

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2012 - The Executive Directors met today to select a new President of the World Bank Group. The Board expressed its deep gratitude for Mr. Robert B. Zoellick’s outstanding leadership...

Policy makers under pressure can get preoccupied with the fixation of the moment. For the eurozone, that idée fixe has been “the firewall”. How big is big enough? Who contributes and how? Now that the...

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 – Every country in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region[1] is expected to grow in 2011, but some countries are vulnerable to rising food and energy prices, said...

The World Bank is working with the Government of Moldova on a comprehensive approach to design a national response to climate change and agricultureChisinau, April 12, 2011 - The World Bank, the Ministry...

WASHINGTON, November 16, 2010 – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$78 million loan for the Kazakhstan Alma Electricity Transmission Project to the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve the...

Almaty, May 24, 2010 -— The World Bank Group held consultations in Central Asia to gather input for a new energy sector strategy, which is expected to be completed in early 2011. The consultative meeting...

World Bank reports on Energy Outlook in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region BRUSSELS, March 18, 2010—The outlook for primary energy supplies, heat, and electricity is questionable for the Eastern Europe...

In Orhei, a town in Moldova , the maternity ward in the regional hospital is as dreary as it is drafty. The chill in the building is the result of a 30 year-old soviet-era heating system that has been...